Our Creator God
O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have set Your glory above the heavens!
Psalm 8:1
The new James Webb Space Telescope, can look further into the universe than mankind has ever looked before. Suddenly a breathtaking image emerged: a colour space-scape of the Carina Nebula, never before seen like this. One NASA astronomer quoted Carl Sagan, a noted atheist: “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting.”
Sometimes people can look God in the eye and not see Him. But the psalmist David looked into the sky and knew exactly what he was seeing: “You have set your glory in the heavens” (Psalm 8:1). Sagan was right in saying that “something incredible is waiting,” but he failed to acknowledge what David clearly perceived: “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained, what is man that you are mindful of him” (3-4).
When we see images of deepest space, we’re amazed, not so much because of technology, but because we’re witnessing the handiwork of God. We marvel because in the vastness of creation, God has made us “rulers over the works of [His] hands” (v 6). Indeed, “something incredible is waiting”—God, waiting to bring believers in Jesus to Him when He returns. That is the most breathtaking image of all.
Bible Reading
Psalm 8.
Prayer
Creator God, I am amazed at the glory of the heavens and the beauty of Your handiwork. Thank You for caring for me in the midst of Your wondrous creation! In Christ's name. Amen.
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